Celebrating Pride 2015 with Victoria’s Secret Model Josephine Skriver

This is not model Josephine Skriver’s first time at Pride. "I’ve been the one dragging my parents to the parade every year because I wanted to go even if my mom was like, ‘You don’t have to!’ ” says Skriver. “I’d be the one spending my pocket money on a T-shirt or a flag because I wanted to be part of it.” Growing up in Denmark with gay parents (her mother, a lesbian, put a personal ad for a sperm donor in a Danish LGBTQ newsletter and found Skriver’s father, a gay man), Skriver has always been vocal on the topic of same-sex families, whether it is teaming up with the nonprofit network COLAGE, which connects children of same-sex parents, or speaking on the topic at schools. “I always wanted to talk about it, I always wanted to stand up,” says Skriver. “I have always been so proud of my parents.”

And the Victoria’s Secret runway regular put her money where her mouth is, joining the Family Equality Council with the The LGBT Center at New York City’s Pride 2015 on Sunday as an official ambassador. “The biggest issue for people about same-sex marriage is usually, ‘Are the kids going to be OK?’ I wanted to be a voice in that,” says Skriver. “It is just stepping up—the more I grow as a model with a voice, the further I can reach out and help.” Here, a model’s-eye view of the Pride festivities.

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Getting ready for NYC Pride! This year will be my first time actually marching, and I'm all prepared, rainbow eyeshadow and all.